The Virgin and Child in a Landscape within a Circle (Study for the Madonna del Gran Duca)

ca. 1505
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Virgin and Child in a Landscape within a Circle (Study for the Madonna del Gran Duca)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1505
  • Medium: Black chalk, some traces of pen and brown ink(?), over preliminary stylus underdrawing, with compass-incised outlines for the tondo, stylus-indented outlines for the figures, on buff paper (now darkened)
  • Dimensions: 8 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (21.2 × 18.4 cm)
    Framed: 20 11/16 in. × 15 9/16 in. × 1 3/16 in. (52.5 × 39.5 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Florence (505 E)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints